Gov. Gavin Newsom wants investigation of state's high gas prices

ABC7 ^ | 10-22-2019 | AP

[tcrlaf]

California's governor has asked the attorney general to investigate why the state's gas prices are so high, pointing to a new report suggesting big oil companies are "misleading and overcharging customers" by as much as $1 per gallon.

Name brand retailers - including 76, Chevron and Shell - often charge more because they say their gasoline is of higher quality. But a new analysis from the California Energy Commission could not explain the price difference, concluding "there is no apparent difference in the quality of gasoline at retail outlets in the state."

The commission said California drivers paid an average of 30 cents more per gallon in 2018, with the difference getting as high as $1 per gallon in April of this year. The result is California drivers paid an additional $11.6 billion at the pump over the last five years.

"There is no identifiable evidence to justify these premium prices," Newsom wrote in a letter to Attorney General Xavier Becerra. "If oil companies are engaging in false advertising or price fixing, then legal action should be taken to protect the public."

Becerra's office said in an email it had received Newsom's request and "will handle accordingly."

[Bommer]

Let me help you Gavin.
1) you just had a refinery fire in CA, and haven’t built any new ones in 40 years.
2) you taxed the hell out of it
3) you use lowest surfer gasoline and that is hard to make
4) you decided to have less emissions inorder to allow the homeless to pollute more
5) your a liberal, so the at equates to being an idiot!

[minnesota_bound]

The politicians never pay for the gas in the taxpayers paid for cars. Many with drivers for them.

[trebb]

Plus - bespoke work (for Kaliforna’s custom blends) always costs more....”Yeah, we can do it but it’ll cost your citizens...”

[GailA]

TN GAS TAX has a second new tax on it that is PROGRESSIVE.